Alligator, Waiting For Me To Leave

Usually the water is not clear enough to see the entire Alligator. This was taken in a large pond, near a river, so the water is pretty good.

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While not very big, about 4 feet (122 cm), it is certainly not a baby. Probably 5 years old.

He swam up to me, the trail I was on, and stopped. Watching and waiting.

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You can see the shore in the lower right corner above.

He was waiting for me to get down the trail, and away. The trail is a few feet wide, with a lake on the other side. What he really wanted was to cross the trail to the lake. When I passed back later he was nowhere in sight.